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VG247.comThu, 17 Aug 2017 20:50:51 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.3Inazuma Eleven pulled from Nintendo’s North American release schedulehttps://www.vg247.com/2014/01/11/inazuma-eleven-pulled-from-nintendos-north-american-release-schedule/
https://www.vg247.com/2014/01/11/inazuma-eleven-pulled-from-nintendos-north-american-release-schedule/#commentsSat, 11 Jan 2014 14:44:53 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=439461Earlier this week, Inazuma Eleven was listed on the Nintendo website for release during Q1 in North America, surprising many who though the Level-5 series would never make its way to the Americas. However, it seems Nintendo has pulled the listing off its website, according to Joystiq. Nintendo has yet to respond to requests over both the initial listing and the pull of said listing. Nintendo released an English-language trailer for Inazuma Eleven 3: Team Ogre Attacks earlier this week, so at least that’s something to look forward to in February.
]]>https://www.vg247.com/2014/01/11/inazuma-eleven-pulled-from-nintendos-north-american-release-schedule/feed/1Inazuma Eleven listed for North American release by Nintendohttps://www.vg247.com/2014/01/05/inazuma-eleven-listed-for-north-american-release-by-nintendo/
https://www.vg247.com/2014/01/05/inazuma-eleven-listed-for-north-american-release-by-nintendo/#respondSun, 05 Jan 2014 23:52:56 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=437466Inazuma Eleven looks to be making its way to North America at last, although Nintendo of America is being tight-lipped about the prospect.

The Coming Soon section of Nintendo of America’s release calendar shows a 3DS Inazuma Eleven title scheduled for the first quarter. although Nintendo has not made any official announcement on the subject.

Gematsu has its money on Inazuma Eleven 1･2･3!! Endou Mamoru Densetsu, a compilation of the first three games rejigged for 3DS release; the site quite reasonably argues that these titles have already been localised in English, making them excellent candidates for North American release.

Inazuma (“lightning” in Japanese) Eleven is a sports RPG franchise from Level-5, the developer of Professor Layton and Ni No Kuni. The original series spanned three games, all of which were released in Europe by Nintendo, while a second series subtitled GO also produced three titles, which have not been localised. The earlier games are DS exclusives; later titles appeared only on the 3DS. The soccer games regularly chart strongly in Japan, and the franchise has spawned anime and manga adaptations.

]]>https://www.vg247.com/2014/01/05/inazuma-eleven-listed-for-north-american-release-by-nintendo/feed/0Layton series shifts 15 million units, 50% of Guild sales are internationalhttps://www.vg247.com/2013/08/26/layton-series-shifts-15-million-units-50-of-guild-sales/
https://www.vg247.com/2013/08/26/layton-series-shifts-15-million-units-50-of-guild-sales/#commentsMon, 26 Aug 2013 22:03:28 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=402115During its Vision event livestream yesterday, Level-5 shared some sales figures for some of its recent and most popular franchises.

The Professor Layton franchise has been the company’s most popular, drawing 15 million sales worldwide.

The Guild games, which release as compilation cartridges in Japan (Guild01 and Guild02) but as individual downloads elsewhere, have also sold fairly well, with over 400,000 downloads of bite-sized titles like Liberation Maiden, Aero Porter and Crimson Shroud. 50% of these sales came from outside Japan.

Single RPG Ni No Kuni, which was developed in collaboration with Studio Ghibli, has sold 1.4 million copies – that figure includes the Japan-exclusive DS version as well as the globally-released PS3 game.

The Inazuma Eleven series has generated 6.5 million sales, mostly in Japan and Europe.

In addition to new products announced at the event, such as Layton 7 and Wonderflick, Level-5 is also responsible for the White Knight Chronicles series; Rogue Galaxy; a couple of Dragon Quest entries; and more.

According to a notice posted on the firm’s official site, the Professor Layton developer states the touch controls which SEGA is claiming patent infringement upon, are based on the first Inazuma Eleven game released in 2008 – a year before SEGA received its first patent.

“Inazuma Eleven does not violate Sega’s patents,” reads the Level-5 statement. “As a result of examining these discrepancies, we’ve concluded that there is no patent violation.”

SEGA received its second patent in 2011, and controls which use a stylus, according to Level-5, have become a “very basic” mechanic with any game using a touch screen.

The firm feels that with SEGA following such litigation proceedings will “limit the range of choice of making games in the future, and thus inhibit the development of the gaming industry.”

]]>https://www.vg247.com/2012/12/12/level-5-responds-to-segas-allegations-over-inazuma-eleven-patent-infringement/feed/2Inazuma Eleven: Sega suing Level-5 over touch mechanichttps://www.vg247.com/2012/12/11/inazuma-eleven-sega-suing-level-5-over-touch-mechanic/
https://www.vg247.com/2012/12/11/inazuma-eleven-sega-suing-level-5-over-touch-mechanic/#commentsTue, 11 Dec 2012 08:48:11 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=323386Sega is suing Professor Layton developer Level-5 over touch screen controls in the DS version of Inazuma Eleven, its popular football RPG series. Sega is calling for the halting of all sales of the game in Japan. Get the details below.

Yomiuri Online reports that the dispute stems from touch screen patents filed by Sega that lets players move on-screen characters using the Nintendo DS touch screen with your finger or a stylus pen. The company claim that Level-5 has infringed on those patents.

Initial hearings were heard on December 7th so the case has essentially begun. Sega is asking for ¥900 million / $11 million in damages over the infringement, however the case recalls Microsoft’s recent brush with Motorola.

The case saw a Californian judge deem Motorola’s online patents as essential to the acceptable standard of what consumers expect from modern game consoles, and therefore ruled that no one company can claim outright ownership.

Touch is essential to the way Nintendo DS functions, so it could end up that Sega’s suit is rejected. However, similar to the Motorola ruling – in which the company may have a window to pursue royalties for use of its tech – Sega may be able to seek royalties if its damage claim is rejected.

This is all theoretical for now of course, but what do you think? Is touch screen too essential to the Nintendo DS console that no one company can claim patent ownership?

]]>https://www.vg247.com/2012/12/11/inazuma-eleven-sega-suing-level-5-over-touch-mechanic/feed/1New Inazuma Eleven for Wiihttps://www.vg247.com/2012/09/14/new-inazuma-eleven-for-wii/
https://www.vg247.com/2012/09/14/new-inazuma-eleven-for-wii/#respondFri, 14 Sep 2012 07:33:33 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=297204Level-5 have announced they will release Inazuma Eleven Go Strikers 2013 on December 20 for Wii.

While Siliconera have not reported any other details on Strikers 2013, Nintendo will take Inazuma Eleven Strikers to Europe on September 28.

The Striker series is a four player soccer game featuring special moves with an arcade style gameplay. This will most likely fill one of the spots left blank by Level-5 in their TGS lineup announcement.